Description
A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in dbFree in fs/jfs/jfs_dmap.c in the journaling file system (JFS) in the Linux Kernel. This issue may allow a local attacker to crash the system due to a missing sanity check.
Published: 2023-08-16
Score: 5.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2023-54249 A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in dbFree in fs/jfs/jfs_dmap.c in the journaling file system (JFS) in the Linux Kernel. This issue may allow a local attacker to crash the system due to a missing sanity check.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6388-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
History

Tue, 04 Mar 2025 03:45:00 +0000

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Linux Linux Kernel
Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2025-11-20T18:27:34.426Z

Reserved: 2023-08-16T16:04:42.571Z

Link: CVE-2023-4385

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T07:24:04.791Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-08-16T17:15:11.327

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:34:58.953

Link: CVE-2023-4385

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2022-04-11T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-4385 - Bugzilla

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